Ambikapur. Chhattisgarh: Five girl students from Surguja, Jashpur, Surajpur and Balrampur districts of Surguja division paid a courtesy visit to Her Excellency President Draupadi Murmu in the capital Delhi on the occasion of Rakshabandhan on August 20 . On this occasion, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan encouraged the children after knowing their well-being and wished everyone a bright future. The girl students expressed their gratitude to Chief Minister Vishnu deo Sai and the administration with great enthusiasm for this golden opportunity.
The girl students were selected on the basis of excellent performance in sports, music and other activities along with studies, which included Jyoti, a student of Kasturba Residential School Lakhanpur from Surguja, Riya and Rajni Chauhan from Jashpur district, Nandini Kindo from Surajpur and Prashansha from Balrampur. Superintendent Anuradha Singh was selected as in-charge with the children of Surguja division by the state office and sent to Delhi.
During her meeting with the students, Her Excellency President Murmu congratulated them on Rakshabandhan and while explaining the importance of Rakshabandhan festival, she gathered information from the students about their studies and life goals and suggested them to make honest efforts to achieve their goals. She gathered the knowledge from the students about Chhattisgarh’s culture, natural beauty and other specialties. The students tied Rakhi to President her and also gave her gifts as well .
The students were thrilled and excited to meet the President for the first time and visit important places in the country’s capital New Delhi. The students who returned to Raipur on Thursday August 22 met MD Samagra Shiksha Sanjeev Jha and SCERT Director Rajendra Katara, Deputy Director Samagra Shiksha Rajesh Singh and other officials and shared the experience of the first flight along with the golden memories of Rashtrapati Bhavan and Delhi and thanked them for providing this opportunity. Senior officials also encouraged the children and motivated them to excel in all other fields along with studies in the future so that such opportunities can be available again in the future.
District Collector Vilas Bhoskar, CEO District Panchayat Nutan Kanwar, Joint Director of Education Sanjay Gupta, DEO Ashok Sinha and DMC Ravi Shankar Tiwari congratulated the superintendent and the students for their achievement and encouraged them to continue doing such excellent work in the future as well.